I find that populists care about the right things but rarely have the right answers. Populists like ideas like rent control, subsidies, and welfare, all of which lead to making things worse off.
Oddly enough all those three things have a lot do with the CCP.
1) Buying up real estate through REITS and other investment vehicles to drive real estate values high as well as rents
2 & 3) if not for a country full of slave labor subsidies wouldn't be needed because then American products/jobs could compete on teh world stage.